Remove Banner Requirement from Guildhouses

Started by Sandstorm, May 08, 2009, 06:44:25 AM

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Sandstorm

My suggestion is to remove the requirement that the person be of the same banner faction of the person who rented the guildhouse to have a key. I imagine it was initiated for OOC reason and not IC ones, so I will focus on those.
 
My banner faction, Proverson Mercantile, is sort of awkward since most of the people who join the Union are part of another faction, but join for the economic benefits or to promote their business, while they offer true affiliation to another banner or group. This means that none of them can enter my guildhouse with a key, despite belonging to the faction, since you cannot belong to more than one banner, due to the guildhouse guard taking their key away. You should not have to belong to the banner in order to hold the key, because it also downplays any friends of the faction from obtaining keys, or criminals from trying to steal them and sneak in.
 
As for IC reasons, I am unsure that the guards know each person who should have a key by heart, and will take the key from anyone not on this select list.
 
My suggestion is instead, for you to be able to use your guild token to wand -anyone- as a "friend of the faction", of a sort, and thus able to hold a key. People can be in as many of these as they want, as they serve only as a means to record who is allowed to hold a key for the faction.

Germain

I believe the reason this was implemented was due do to the problem that prior renter keys continue to function on the guildhouse.  I know after renting a guildhouse, I had a PC stealth himself right into the room and out again as I was standing inside.  Considering at the time I had the only new keys it seemed to null the purpose of having a "secure" facility.

I think your suggestion to wand people as "friends" has some merit, but I imagine to a point it is just further complicating things.  Especially if there is no means to remove a person as a friend - as the current guild token does not allow.